SPICe briefings

Research briefings are written by specialists in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) They are used by MSPs to support parliamentary business and give a good overview of legislation current going through Parliament. For example SB 15-21The Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill. This was introduced on 2 April 2015. Its purpose is to introduce the changes to electoral procedures necessary to allow the voting age for Scottish Parliament and local elections to be reduced to 16 years old from 18 years old.